S Squared Advisors

Scott Sipprelle, the founder and managing partner, is the central portfolio manager and makes all final investment decisions. Before founding S Squared in 2006, he was a partner at Copper Arch Capital and co-founded Westfield Capital Management, a growth-equity investment firm. His early career included roles as a growth-equity investor at Morgan Stanley.

No. S Squared Advisors invests exclusively in publicly traded equities. The firm deliberately avoids private funds, venture capital, and direct private-company stakes, avoiding the liquidity constraints, valuation opacity, and fee structures common in those markets. This public-markets-only posture is a defining architectural feature of the partnership.

The firm does not publish an exclusion list, but its focus areas — enterprise software, fintech, industrial technology, and healthcare services — suggest it avoids sectors like commodities, real estate, and heavily regulated utilities. The concentrated portfolio structure inherently excludes large swaths of the market where Sipprelle and his team lack deep research conviction.

Scott Sipprelle's prior roles connect S Squared to two predecessor firms: Copper Arch Capital, where he was a partner, and Westfield Capital Management, which he co-founded. S Squared is not a spinout or subsidiary of either entity — it is an independent partnership established in 2006.